Normally you read “Like X for Charity Y” all the time on Facebook, or you have encouragement to change your profile picture. I’ve always thought this gesture did nothing to help anyone in a practical sense. Now Unicef agrees, launching its “Likes Don’t Save Lives” campaign. It’s not about child abuse directly and Unicef might leave…
Two people that posted images online which were claimed to be Robert Thompson and John Venables, the 1993 murderers of two year old James Bulger, as adults, received suspended sentences in the other big story from last week. Our views on revenge of any kind following child abuse are well known and it’s a bigger…
Found via Holly Smith on Facebook a research study trying to identify the best resources to assist survivors of childhood sexual abuse involving images taken of them. Are you an adult survivor of child sexual abuse that involved sexually explicit images taken of you when you were age 17 or younger? If so, please consider…
The convicted offender that challenged Facebook in Northern Ireland, won his case yesterday and the company has been given this weekend to remove the page. The BBC has the follow-up story here.
It’s here! Well, it will be in a few hours. You can learn more about the week, events that are going on to help raise awareness to make abuse victims, and even attend some live events tomorrow if you’re in the Southern California area. Or you can stream the benefit concert tomorrow night if you’re…
A convicted sex offender is due to challenge Facebook Ireland over a page set up by users to monitor convicted paedophiles. The BBC has the story here.
